While Hebrew had remained the language of study and prayer, it had not been
a spoken language for centuries. Few believed it could again become a
tongue of everyday speech, but one man did, and dedicated his life to
reviving Hebrew. His name was Eliezer Ben-Yehuda.

157th Anniversary of Eliezer Ben Yehuda’s birth (21st of Tevet, 5775) fell
out on January 12th.

One of the most amazingly successful fits of the zionist movement was the
revival of the Hebrew language. Dead for almost 2000 years, reviving and
adopting the language to the world of the 20th century was considered to be
all but impossible. Yet, largely thanks to the tireless efforts of this
man, Eliezer Perlman (Ben-Yehuda), the did was made and now days all
Israelis and many other jews speak Hebrew naturally as any other language
and as an added bonus,read and understand the Bible in the same language it
was written. 8 minute vid on the subject. ﻿

One of the most amazingly successful fits of the zionist movement was the
revival of the Hebrew language. Dead for almost 2000 years, reviving and
adopting the language to the world of the 20th century was considered to be
all but impossible. Yet, largely thanks to the tireless efforts of this
man, Eliezer Perlman (Ben-Yehuda), the did was made and now days all
Israelis and many other jews speak Hebrew naturally as any other language
and as an added bonus,read and understand the Bible in the same language it
was written. 8 minute vid on the subject. ﻿

While Hebrew had remained the language of study and prayer, it had not been
a spoken language for centuries. Few believed it could again become a
tongue of everyday speech, but one man did, and dedicated his life to
reviving Hebrew. His name was Eliezer Ben-Yehuda.

157th Anniversary of Eliezer Ben Yehuda’s birth (21st of Tevet, 5775) fell
out on January 12th.